Monthly Archives: October 2012
Jack Sprat
The whole Jack Sprat thing is pretty minimal. It’s not like anything exciting happens or anybody learns a lesson. It’s not funny, or particularly sweet. Peter Pan Records did their best when they recorded this little masterpiece, making something out of almost nothing.
Don’t sleep on the little “mm-hmm” the girl gives the narrator in the intro.
Jack Sprat
The whole Jack Sprat thing is pretty minimal. It’s not like anything exciting happens or anybody learns a lesson. It’s not funny, or particularly sweet. Peter Pan Records did their best when they recorded this little masterpiece, making something out of almost nothing.
Don’t sleep on the little “mm-hmm” the girl gives the narrator in the intro.
The Senior Bowling League at Melody Lanes
That’s Burt, Dan, Me (I was standing in for their missing teammate Regina), Marge, and Betty. A swell group and a bunch of fine bowlers. |
Melody Lanes is open all the time in Sunset Park, BK. The Senior League is always looking for more players. |
It wasn’t too crowded on Thursday. |
The team. |
The scorecard and the Snack Bar menu. They have fried raviolis! |
When we told Marge we were gonna put the footage and photos we took of them on the internet, she said, “You gotta be kidding!” |
Burt, who seemed to have excellent concentration, rolls. |
Betty prepares. |
Burt and Dan keeping score. |
One of Burt’s strikes. |
I’m laughing because Dan said, “We don’t play with kids.” |
Lockers. |
Sign of the Day. |
Me and the Melody Lanes Senior Bowling League!
Melody Lanes is open all the time in Sunset Park, BK. The Senior League is always looking for more players. |
It wasn’t too crowded on Thursday. |
The team. |
The scorecard and the Snack Bar menu. They have fried raviolis! |
When we told Marge we were gonna put the footage and photos we took of them on the internet, she said, “You gotta be kidding!” |
Burt, who seemed to have excellent concentration, rolls. |
Betty prepares. |
Burt and Dan keeping score. |
One Burt’s strikes. |
I’m laughing because Dan said, “We don’t play with kids.” |
Lockers. |
Sign of the Day. |
CONFUSION
CONFUSION
Yes Sir That’s My Baby
“Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” is an American song written in 1925 by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. Recorded by more than 100 artists, it was a hit for Eddie Cantor, Rick Nelson and Ol’ Blue Eyes.
My favorite version is here, performed by Jason Robards (and Barry Gordon) in the movie-based-on-Herb Gardner’s-play A Thousand Clowns. It’s a little messed up – snipped together from parts in the film where Robards stops singing and we cut away to talking scenes. So it’s not like a flow-y, play-at-a party song, but it has something going for it – “a genuine sort of meaningful bustedness” – that is mostly impossible to find in a neat, slick album recording.
A Thousand Clowns is about a nonconforming crazy guy played by Robards who’s been out of work for awhile and takes pleasure in all sorts of eccentric fun. He can be pretty annoying but he’s definitely my kind of guy. The catch is that he takes care of his 11-year-old nephew and social services is on their ass to step up their living conditions and start acting like normal citizens. Robards needs a job.